Cutter-head



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I. HOLLAND.

GU'I'TER HEAD.

No. 326,983. Patented Sept. 29, 1886.

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FRANKLIN HOLLAND, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

CUTTER-HEA D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,983, datedSeptember 29, 1885.

Application filed December 24, 1884. (N0 model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN HOLLAND, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State ofMichigan, have invented a new and useful Gutter-Head for foodorkingPurposes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a cutter-head con structed of suitable metal,and so bent or formed that a line drawn through one axis will be areverse curve, and provided with teeth or cutters, as more fullydescribed below; and the object of my invention is to so form thecutter-head that by filing the. teeth or cutter in different shapesavariety of work can be done; also, to simplify the construction andrender more efficientthe cutter-head. These objects I accomplish bymeans of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure l is a side elevation of the cutterhead filed or formed tocut a dado or wid ened groove. Fig. 2 is a secti nal view of Fig. l online \V \V. Fig. 3 is a side eleva tion of the cutter-head when used asapane1- raiser; and Fig. 4. is a sectional View of Fig. 3 on line S b,together with a section of the panel cut or raised by this cutter-head.

Similarletters refer to si milarparts throughout the several views.

It will be seen that the cutter-heads for panel-raising and dadoing areconstructed in the same form exactly, except the teeth are fileddifferently. In the dado the sides of the groove are perpendicular withthe bottom of the frame, and in the panel-raiser the panel may haveperpendicular sides or slanting or other formed sides.

E in Fig. 1 is the cutter-head which cuts a dado or widened groove. Theteeth are in the same circle or circles, of the same diameter, andparallel with each other, so that the bottom of the groove is straightin cross-section at the bottom.

F is the arbor -hole, and H the arbor. This cutter-head has its teethfiled with their one side filed perpendicularly to its axis, as shown by11 ll,so as to cut perpendicular sides to the dado G.

N shows a section of the work done by this filing. The dotted lines inFig. 2 show how the cutter-head strikes the wood and cuts the dadogroove.

I in Fig. 3 shows the side elevation of the cutter-head for raisingpanels, and the form of I is precisely the same as F, except thefilingis upon one side only,as shown in Fig. 4, so asto make one side ofthe panel as shown by 12 in stock K.

It will be apparent that the form of the filing of the teeth or cuttermay be varied so as to give different angles and forms to the sides ofthe grooves and panels.

By filing the cutter-head I, as shown at the bottom of Fig. 4, thiscutter-head can be used for making a glue-joint.

My eutter-head is attached to its arbor in the ordinary manner. It ismade thicker than an ordinary saw, and is of sizes to suit the purposesfor which it is used, and can be adapted to a variety of uses to greatadvantage, the changes being made in each case by changing the shape orform of the teeth.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to have invented, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, the cutter-head having the doublecurve in one orosssection so that the cutters at one end of the sectionmove in a circle on one side of the central point of revolution and theteeth at the other end of the curved cross-section move in a parallelcircle on the other side of the center of revolution, substantially asdescribed.

2. The cutter-head curved on the line of erossseetion, said curve beingS-shaped, and straight on the cross-section at right angles to thecurved cross-section, substantially as de scribed.

3. The reversely-eurved cutter-head E, provided with the teeth 11,having their one side filed perpendicularly to the axis of thecutterhead to out perpendicular sides to a dado or widened groove,substantially as described.

4. The reversely-curved cutter-head I. pro vided with teeth 12 forraisingpanels,said teeth being filed upon one side only, so as to makeone side of the panel, substantially as shown and described.

FRANKLIN HOLLAND.

\Vitnesses:

EDWARD TAGGART, FRED W. STEvENs.

